Other than the Farmer's Wife - which I am not sure if I will ever finish - this quilt completes my list.

To be honest, this one has kind of scared me. It can be made with appliqué or it can be pieced, it involves paper piecing and sewing curves, and it was just a little intimidating.

I used the pattern in this Kaffe Fassett book and I HIGHLY recommend it. The pattern does involve foundation paper piecing and sewing some curves, but they are totally manageable. A couple of recommendations if you make this pattern yourself:
1. Cut your "spoke" pieces a little bigger than the pattern says to give you wiggle room when paper piecing and
2. leave the foundation paper piecing papers on while you sew the big outer curve, but remove them before you sew the small inner curve. It made things MUCH easier.

I really enjoyed sewing with the Wildside fabrics for this quilt. They were in the December Culcita Box and they are the perfect amount of "wild" for this pattern.

The backing fabric is also by Libs Elliott, from her True Love collection, and I love how it tones down the craziness of the quilt top but still has lots of personality.

For the quilting, I did an grid of straight-ish, randomly spaced lines. I quilted them pretty close together to give the quilt lots of texture. The binding is a black solid and was sewn on with my normal big stitch method.

I have a nice little stack of scraps leftover from this quilt and I would love to share them with you - if you would like to enter to win them, leave a comment on this post letting me know what I should add to my quilting bucket list! I will pick a winner on Sunday.

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I would suggest you add a New York Beauty quilt to your "bucket list" of quilts to make one day! I've just finished one, with the help of my bee buddies and I absolutely love it! Good luck deciding on what you'll put on your list! Your pickledish is fabulous!

This is gorgeous..i have a list as well! I keep adding or subtracting to it as my taste changes.. Ocean waves and a dresden plate are what you should add. I think both of them could be modernized somewhat, eith our bewer fsbric lines and techniques

Congrats on a wonderful finish! And thanks for the big stitch binding idea I will have to try. I've made a couple of different versions of Pickle Dish but have to agree that the Kaffe pattern makes it easy. I have lots of really old blocks for FW made too and just recently decided I was not going to make any blocks that require pp but may make some substitute blocks. Plus I think I have decided to use an alternate chain block to tie it all together.

Beautiful quilt! You did a fantastic job especially with all the curves. I have a bucket list that seems to be getting longer. One of the quilts that I want to make is Grandmothers' Fan. You might like to make that one also. Thank you for the giveaway.

I'm very new to quilting (working on quilt #6) so I don't know many pattern names. But I made a few I-Spy (or Discovery) quilts with novelty fabric, and my kids love them! http://weneedmangos.blogspot.ca/2016/12/quilts.html

I have more of a wish list than a bucket list. The things I'd like to make, although a few are challenging. The comments above about a New York Beauty are good, but what about something that is a different style of quilt... a medallion quilt. I designed and made one last year and getting each round of borders on is a graduate level course in art/math/geometry. But very satisfying.

I just might be the only quilter alive that hasn't made a Dresden Plate of any kind, but if you haven't yet either, I'd suggest one! I also love any type of modern, improv design. I do admire your awesome use of color!

WIth all of those under your belt I think you are ready to design your own quilt pattern and add that to your bucket list! I am new to quilting and haven’t made any of the ones on your bucket list, but your choice of fabrics inspires me to make this one!

I have a friend who specializes in New York Beauty quilts, and they are stunning. And way outside my skill set right now, but probably in yours. On my bucket list is a Disappearing 9 Patch and a bargello. :)

A wonderful 'pickle dish' quilt, I love your colour combo! I'm 1/2 way through one using Kaffe's pattern too, must get back to it soon! What next for your bucket list? Maybe check out the huge selection of Amitie patterns in Australia, I'm sure something will grab your attention - http://www.amitie.com.au/shop/Patterns.htm

Thanks for the tip on paper piecing. Pickle Dish is awesome! There are so many wonderful patterns and block of the months available. For a scrappy idea, and a great scrap buster, how about the Scrappy Trip Around the World free pattern on Bonnie Hunter's website.